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remembered at 13:20, istanbul time
26.9.05
in istanbul
- more turkey trivia
didja know?
In 1442, a young Vlad the Impaler was a hostage to the Sultan in Istanbul for a couple of years, where he supposedly picked up many cruel torture techniques. This Vlad is the same as Vlad Dracula, from whom the more popular legend of vampires took offdateline
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4 Comments:
Dervish is a most excellent word. Going to have to work it into conversation somehow...
hello venitha! tell me what the sentence is when you make one :)
saw the spinning dervishes on an episode of the amazing race. entrancing. hypnotic.
you guys are so smart to pick turkey!
yes venitha do let us know!
nina, saw that episode too (though we did not connect till much later into our turkey research)! we freakin' love that show, and the new (family) series started here today!
and oh, looks likely we won't have money to go see the whirling dervishes in turkey....:(
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